Programs in ALLIED HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY Vanderbilt University Medical Center
	-	CARDIOVASCULAR PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY CVP 502 Return to CVPT Course List Course Description This class provides the mid-level student with advanced perfusion care techniques. It will cover topics listed herein, to include all matters included within the latest edition of the Perfusion Education Consensus Curriculum as adopted by the AC-PE. The course is taught in a seminar-type presentation, wherein students are assigned topics for research and presentation to fellow classmates, other classes, and (when appropriate) clinical instructors/staff, faculty, and attending physicians. Course work will include both class time and observation within the surgical suite, as well as on the patient wards as warranted. Laboratory participation is an important aspect of perfusion training. Instructor: James J. Ramsey, J.D., C.C.P. Office: 322-6575; 322-0064 e-mail: james.ramsey@vanderbilt.edu Fax: 343-9194 Beeper: 252-1276 Location and meeting time: tba Required Texts: Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Principles and Practice Editors: Gravlee, Davis, Utley, Kurusz Williams & Wilkins, 2000 (second edition) Suggested Reading: Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Principles and Techniques of Extracorporeal Circulation Editor: Christina T. Mora Springer Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Principles and Management Editor: K.M. Taylor Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Second Edition Reed and Stafford Surgimedics/TMP The Manual of Clinical Perfusion, Second Edition Brodie and Johnson Glendale Medical Corporation Safety and Techniques in Perfusion Reed, Kurusz, Lawrence Quali-Med, Inc. Course Objectives: CVP 502 will provide the detailed foundation and skills necessary to understand the advanced science of extracorporeal technology. Students will be assigned various advanced topics of perfusion care for presentation in a professional format (written presentations with adequate references, accompanied by power point or other visual presentation aids). Professional presentation of scientific matter in a small public forum is an important part of this course, intended to assist the student in preparing for professional presentation of scientific material in larger public arenas (for example, scientific presentations at professional meetings, presenting as an instructor in an educational setting, etc.) Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: understand and discuss the various long-term circulatory assist devices currently used in perfusion care; understand and discuss various extracorporeal circuit designs used in perfusion care other than the traditional heart-lung circuit (for example, liver transplant circuits, left heart bypass circuits, isolated lung/organ/limb perfusion circuits, etc.); understand and discuss techniques for perfusion care that are particular to various patient populations (for example, pregnant patients, patients with pathologies such as sickle cell anemia or other chronic and acute blood component pathologies, organ transplant recipient patients, patients with religious beliefs that affect blood product usage, etc.); understand and discuss advances in basic science as applied to perfusion care technologies, such as innovative disposable products, ‘bio-compatible’ disposable products, recent advances in pharmacological therapies associated with perfusion care (myocardial protection, complement activation, etc.); understand and discuss innovations in transplant technology and organ procurement; understand and discuss use of CPB as related to treatment of a trauma patient; understand and discuss the use of CPB as related to treatment of various malignant pathologies; understand and discuss advanced theories of safety and risk issues as they present within the field of perfusion care, including catastrophic events and device failures; understand and discuss advanced theories of myocardial protection as they present within the field of perfusion care; understand and discuss the topic of air embolism, including but not limited to: causes, prevention, treatment, etc.; understand and discuss advanced theories of hypo-, hyper-, and normothermic CPB as it is practiced within the field of perfusion care; understand and discuss application of extracorporeal support and resuscitation outside of the operating room suite; understand and discuss non-cardiovascular applications of cardiopulmonary bypass; understand and discuss the various theories of legal liability that may affect the practice of perfusion care; understand and discuss matters of bereavement and other matters affecting the patient and/or his family, and the perfusion caregiver during surgical intervention, including loss of life issues; understand and discuss all other matters that are or become at a future date included within the Perfusion Education Consensus Curriculum as adopted by the AC-PE.
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